Re: Compatiabilty issues

On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 12:10 +0100, Julian Muscat Doublesin wrote: > I setup apache myself. That I'm sure of. I had a look at the php info > and saw that mod_write in enabled. I checked the conf file and made > sure that the AllowOverride is set to All. > > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Ashley Sheridan > <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> wrote: > > > On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 11:55 +0100, Julian Muscat Doublesin > wrote: > > > is this the issue. > > > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Julian Muscat Doublesin > > <opensourcekb@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I am runnning both IIS and Apache. The php webites > > are hosted on Apacahe. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Ashley Sheridan > > <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 11:42 +0100, Julian > > Muscat Doublesin wrote: > > > > > Yes - running IIS 7. > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Ashley > > > Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 10:27 +0100, > > > Julian Muscat Doublesin wrote: > > > > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > > > > > I am having trouble with the mod_rewrite. This > > > > is not working on windows > > > > 64bit. I am also having trouble with the > > > > directory password protection. > > > > However thse bot work perfectly on my UNIX Mac. > > > > > > > > >From my experince I can see that this is due > > > > >to file system compatibility. > > > > Can anyone confirm this. You would be of greate > > > > help as I am going through > > > > HELL right now. Can any suggest the best Unix or > > > > Linx OS for hosting phph > > > > websites and MySQL. > > > > > > > > Thank you very much in advanace. > > > > > > > > > > > > By any chance, are you using IIS > > > on your Windows machine? > > > > > > Pretty much most hosting companies > > > offer Linux web-hosting. My advice > > > would be to try and use a company > > > based in the same country as you > > > are, because it's nice to be able > > > to contact them during your hours > > > when something goes wrong. And be > > > ready to accept that things may go > > > wrong at some point. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Ash > > > > > > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That is why mod_rewrite isn't working! IIS > > doesn't support that. It has something else > > instead, by a name I forget just now. Afaik, > > you have to purchase the support for this > > other bit as an extra module though. > > > > > > Thanks, > > Ash > > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are you sure the PHP ones are running under Apache? Just to > check, see what you get in the $_SERVER array. Also, have you > checked to see if mod_rewrite is enabled in the httpd.conf > file? > > > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > OK, what does your .htaccess file look like? Also, have you named it correctly? It starts with a period (.) character, which Windows might sometimes complain about. PS, don't forget to hit reply to all, as the last few messages I keep having to copy the list back in! Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk